Jones was left fearing for his safety and vowed never to use ­public transport again after he was subject to a torrent of abuse after travelling alone in a standard class carriage of the 9.15am train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly on Sunday.

Video footage emerged on Thursday of Jones then being accosted by four Scots as he tried to leave ­Manchester Oxford Road station to head to Old Trafford,...

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